Matthew Woodring Stover
Paperback | Pages: 496 pages Rating: 4.04 | 2428 Users | 108 Reviews
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| Title | : | Caine's Law (The Acts of Caine #4) |
| Author | : | Matthew Woodring Stover |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 496 pages |
| Published | : | April 3rd 2012 by Del Rey (first published January 1st 2012) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Fiction. Dark Fantasy. Epic Fantasy |
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SOME LAWS YOU BREAK. SOME BREAK YOU.AND THEN THERE’S CAINE’S LAW.
From the moment Caine first appeared in the pages of Heroes Die, two things were clear. First, that Matthew Stover was one of the most gifted fantasy writers of his generation. And second, that Caine was a hero whose peers go by such names as Conan and Elric. Like them, Caine was something new: a civilized man who embraced savagery, an actor whose life was a lie, a force of destruction so potent that even gods thought twice about crossing him. Now Stover brings back his greatest creation for his most stunning performance yet.
Caine is washed up and hung out to dry, a crippled husk kept isolated and restrained by the studio that exploited him. Now they have dragged him back for one last deal. But Caine has other plans. Those plans take him back to Overworld, the alternate reality where gods are real and magic is the ultimate weapon. There, in a violent odyssey through time and space, Caine will face the demons of his past, find true love, and just possibly destroy the universe.
Hey, it’s a crappy job, but somebody’s got to do it.
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| Original Title: | Caine's Law |
| ISBN: | 0345455894 (ISBN13: 9780345455895) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Acts of Caine #4 |
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Ratings: 4.04 From 2428 Users | 108 ReviewsJudge Of Books Caine's Law (The Acts of Caine #4)
Four and a half stars, really. I've been a fan of Matthew Stover for a very long time, and have read all his books set in his own worlds and most of the ones from SW or other book franchises. I loved Heroes Die and Blade of Tyshalle, was slightly less enthralled with Caine Black Knife because that book felt like it was going for shock value and grotesqueness over plot at times. But I'm reviewing Caine's Law now. You definitely want to be familiar with the other books in the Caine series beforeThis is another book that just came too late for me; I remember loving the first Caine duology and also the first half of the duology ending here, but when I opened this one I realized that I kind of forgot most of what was about except in a vague sense. I did a quick refresh and i realized that I simply cannot suspend disbelief any more for the ultimate simplistic super hero taking revenge on an unjust society storyline which this series amounts too in the end; yes, the hero is complicated,
Normally I start reviews with a mini-plot summary but I won't do that here, because trying to condense Caine's Law down to a paragraph without indulging in major spoilers or causing my brain to leak out of my nose is simply impossible.What Caine's Law is, however, is the fourth and to date final book in the Acts of Caine series. Future sequels are possible but this book provides enough closure that the series can end here if necessary. It's also the second half of the previous novel, Caine Black
I love Stover's Acts of Caine series, and I love Caine even more; he's an amazing character, my absolute favourite character in fantasy (so far). Unfortunately this book has been a bit of a let down in the series for me. It's still a decent read, but it just didn't reach the greatness of the previous books.The book continues the story where the third one ended. The outset of this book isn't very clear however and it remains like that for a long while. The plot leaps around a lot between places
Another solid addition to the Caine series (perhaps the conclusion? It's hard to tell...), and probably the most ambitious of the four. Stover dives straight into the deep end with this one, juggling time-travel (kinda?), parallel timelines (probably?), events erasing the existence of other events (I think?), and general chaos.
This book was a decent ending to the series but it was more confusing than Blade of Tyshelle. I was completely confused about what exactly was going on. I was hoping for more scenes with kids playing characters in the fantasy world and maybe more action sequences. There was just so much time hopping and stuff set up in the background that I never really understood what was going on.Although I wasnt quite sure how they got there I did enjoy the last hour or so of this book. I thought the ending
This latest novel that just came out a few years ago is still a high quality Caine adventure, but there's a new twist.He's being ridden by a god. He's still the badass that everyone fears (and respects), but he prefers to go by other names and live by his own slightly milder agenda. He wants to be left alone. He wants to not need to kill people.Of course, he has the gratitude of a god and near unlimited power to wield in the name of chaos and pure severing, all of which he doesn't want, so in
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